The ballots remaining to be counted include overseas voters, special absentee ballots given to people who planned to be traveling out of state on Election Day or who live in remote parts of the state.
Mr. Faso said in a statement that a review of the election results made it clear that in all likelihood, "Neither the ballots remaining to be counted nor the recanvass could alter the results as they now appear to be".
Mr. Stevens, 84 and a 40-year incumbent, led his Democratic challenger, Mayor Mark Begich of Anchorage, by fewer than 3,400 votes with more than 55,000 absentee, early and questioned ballots remaining to be counted.
Peters, seeking a second term, is ahead by 4,771 votes with between 6,000 and 8,000 votes remaining to be counted, the county elections department said late Saturday.
But Khanna estimated Wednesday that there were at least 40,000 ballots remaining to be counted and that it could take days before the outcome is known.
Antonovich aide Kathryn Barger took a commanding lead over the seven other candidates, with 30% of the vote, but the No. 2 spot in the runoff was too close to call in early results, with thousands of provisional and late vote-by-mail ballots remaining to be counted.
"And under their plan, none of the thousands of votes that remain to be counted would be counted at all.
Instead, they have proposed two weeks of additional court proceedings and additional hearings right up to the Dec. 12 deadline for seating electors, and under their plan, none of the thousands of votes that remain to be counted would be counted at all.
People close to the commission said that at least 89 percent of the votes had been counted and sifted for fraud in all provinces, but that in the majority, a few votes remained to be counted and commission members wanted to wait until the count was complete.
That number is expected to increase as counting continues; 2 million votes remain to be counted in California alone.
